Liquid-gage.



G. EVERSON.

LIQUID GAGE. APPLICATION rum) I'EB.15, 1910.

964,960. Patented July 19, 1910.

Inventor GEORGE EVERSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

LIQUID-GAGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented July 19, 1910.

Application filed February 15, 1910. Serial No. 543,941.

To all whom may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE EVERSON, a citizen of the United State s-ofAmerica, residing at 364 Greene avenue,Brooklyn, New York city, in thecounty of Kings and State of New York, have. invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Liquid-Gages, of which the following is aspecification;

My invention relates to an improved liquid gage and is especiallyadapted to indicate the quantity of liquid in a receptacle at any giventime. I

In liquid gages as heretofore employed, it was customary to provide thegage tube which is usually made of glass with graduation marks. Thisarrangement has several disadvantages. These liquid gages are frequentlyemployed in dark rooms such as cellars, where the marks on the glass arehardly discernible without the use of artificial light, thus making itdiflicult to ascertain what the contents of a receptacle are. A furtherdisadvantage lies. in the fact that the receptacles for the liquid areofvarying sizes, and as a consequence it is necessary to providepractically as many gages as there are sizes of containers orreceptacles.

It is the object of my invention to obviate the disadvantages inheringin present constructions and to provide a slmple liquid gage which isinexpensive to manufacture and by the use of which the level of the contents in a container may be quickly and accurately determined. f

The invention consists, substantially, in providing aistrip of suitablematerial such as paper with graduations, and a separate liquid gageuxtaposed to the strip, whereby the level of the liquid in the gage maybe compared with the graduations on the strip to show readily the heightof the contents in the container. By my invention it is possible toprovide each receptacle with a separate strip, such strip bei preferablyprovided with adhesive on its ack whereby the strip may be pasted tothecontainer. The tube or glass gage is preferably associated with thespigot or faucet which is drlven into the container and one size ofliquid gage will answer for any number of sizes of containers.

The preferred embodiment of the inven tion as applied to a wine cask isillustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein.- I

Figure 1 is an end elevatlon of a wine cask having my invention appliedthereto;

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through the same. Fig. 3 is ahorizontal sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 1s afragmentary View of the strip provided with raduations.

Re erring in detail to the drawings, 1 designates the cask to the head 2of which the strip 3' is applied preferably by-being pasted thereto. Thestrip 3 is provided with gradnations rangin from a (predeterminedminimum to a pre etermine maximum.

Wine casks such as that shown in the drawing are usually bellied andwhen the liquid therein is on a level with about the center of thebarrel, a predetermined quantity of liquid will be spread over a reatersurface than at any other point in the arrel. For this reason thegraduations on the stri 3 are so proportioned that at the upper andlower ends of the strip the graduations are spaced widest, while at themiddle of the strap the distance between the graduations is less, therebeing a constant decrease in width between the graduations from the topto the center and from the bottom to the center.

The faucet or spigot which is ada ted to be driven in the cask 1 isdesignated and is provided with the usual tap '5. Passing through a borein the s' igot is a nip 1e 6 threadrled into metallic1 sleeve 7 f0 Elliega egass 8. 1s a e ass is pre era arranged to one side o tli e graduatedstrig 3 so that the liquid level in the gage glass may be readil readoff on the graduations, as shown in ig. 1 for exam le, where the liquidlevel stands at 45. Tiie nipple 6 is provided with one or more orifices9 through made sufficiently small'so that the diameter of the glass tube8 need not be unduly large. It is-also to be noted that as shown in Fig.3, the preferred construction of the glass age is a telescoping onewherein the glass tu e 8 is partially inclosed by the brass sleeve 7 andthe nipple 6 threads into the lower end of the sleeve.

In Fig. 4 wherein a fragment of the graduated strip is shown, it W ll benoted that certain quantities are indicated in red as shown byconventional shading while intermediate quantities are indicated inblack.

It is preferred to thus show graduations in.

contrasting colors to more easily read oif those quantities which areindicated by figures in groups of five.

. Having thus described my said invention, what I claim as new anddesire tosecure by Letters Patent is In a device of the characterdescribed, the combination with a receptacle, of a strip pasted theretoand having one of its surfaces provided with graduation marks whereofthe principal marks are shown in red, a

faucet adapted to be driven into said receptacle and having a tap nearits forward end, and a glass tube having a nipple of less diameter thanthe tube itself in communication with the faucet in the rear of the tap,said glass tube, being arranged at one side of and parallel with thestrip whereby the level of the contents in the receptacle is indicatedin the glass tube and may be read off on the graduations on said strip.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

GEORGE EVERSON.

Witnesses HAROLD MITCHELL, MARGARET MGQUAID.

